Online Assignment 3 – What Counts As Exercise?
Objective: To determine what sorts of activities of daily life (gardening, car washing, house cleaning and similar) might “count” as exercise, despite not being considered “structured exercise”.
1. Listen to this podcast Links to an external site. https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/676129459/get-started-exercising
2. Visit this Compendium of Physical Activities Links to an external site.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xnst0owCpLSxw_06tufSRVKecvSSWMOT /view Look up 3 activities of daily life that interest you and note their MET values. Also, look up 3 structured exercises you would likely do and their MET values. Briefly explain your choices, including the MET values.
3. Consider what you thought counted as exercise before doing this assignment and compare it to what you’ve learned here. Craft an explanation of the comparison into a ~150 word response, including how unstructured exercise might boost your success in satisfying the ACSM guidelines for good health on days when you cannot carve out time for structured exercise.
4. After you post your response, read your peers’ posts. Find a response interests you in some way or that you can personally relate to on some level (which does not already have a reply). Using a starter statement Links to an external site.
,https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P_qXfMQe0UvCFh1Q5eE9nw4zY7 pIQvKHAynmvcpDUuI/edit comment meaningfully on the post. This response should contain ~100 words.